Date: 03 Jul 96 18:19:28 EDT
From: Mike Johnson <102052.3716@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: MJN:ROLC more on viper
Interesting information on one of the members of the "Viper Militia." It
would appear that he had been a Libertarian candidate for State Senator
at one time and ticked off one of the "mainstream" candidates, a former
prosecuting attorney. Thus, odds are excellent that in the prosecution
of the
"Viper Militia" there may be somebody grinding a serious political axe.
Note that it is legal to carry sidearms openly in the State of Arizona.
- Mike/North Central Florida Regional Militia
It is safe to assume that any traffic going to or from this address is
being recorded, stored and analyzed somewhere by government employees.
Any other assumption is *not* *safe*.
03-Jul-96 17:13 EDT
Sb: ROLC: Viper meets with Senator (fwd)
Fm: Lance Arron, Hamilton > INTERNET:lancehamilton@sisna.com
From: Gregg Tivnan
The facts here by Ernie match exacty what I remember in 1994
Gregg Tivnan
Subject: Viper meets with Senator
>From Ernest Hancock;
A lot of time has been spent on a meeting that "Viper Member" Dean
Pleasant had with the State Senator he ran against in the 1994 election
as a Libertarian.
Well. Here's the rest of the story.
It was a ludicous bill that was introduced by Az State Senator John
Kaites that prompted Dean Pleasant to use the Election to expose the
Arizona Attorney General wannabe for what he was.
Senator Kaites (pronounced Kay tess), introduced a bill that was
designed to get maximum LEO support (and he's a past prosecutor). This
bill made it a felony for anyone to own, manage, rent, lease, hold the
lean or mortgage on any building that had installed bars on the doors or
windows that would impead the entrance of LEO's in a no knock service of
a warrant. This bill also gave the same penalty if there was an "Attack
Dog" that did the same thing. Sound crazy? Yeah, no kidding! Soooo, Dean
Pleasant made it his mission to expose this guy and the people he
represented. Stories say things like, "soundly defeated in the 1994
election"... well for a Libertarian to get almost 30% with almost no
money spent is something to be concerned about if your a Fascist
Republican that want really really badly to be Arizona's next Attorney
General.
The meeting that has been described in the press was initiated by John
Kaites. Only a short time before Dean Pleasant filed for the ballot.
Senator Kaites had really pissed off a millionare Republican donor that
was working with other Republicans and Libertarians on a Fully Informed
Jury Act bill that was getting alot of attention. With the efforts of
then State Party Chairman of the Libertarian Party and now Presidential
candidate, Rick Tompkins and many other FIJA activist, the FIJA bill
passed the Arizona Senate (the first time this has happened in the
country).
To gain favor with this very wealthy campaign contributor, John Kaites
and others that were in the state House of Representatives at that time
made strong commitments, saying that should this bill pass the Senate,
they would give it full support in the House. Well, it passed the Senate
easily and was then put before the goose stepping Kaites' and friends
committee where they promptly killed it.
Filed to then run for the State Senate, Mr. Kaites was very concerned by
the upstart Libertarian Party putting up a candidate against him. It was
later learned that Mr. Kaites was worried that this campaign would be
well financed by supporters of FIJA that had it out for him. The main
concern wasn't if he would win the election as much as it was how much
of his accumulation of contributions would be needed to make sure he won
while still building for the future he had planned for himself.
It was the line of questions at this meeting and followup inqueries with
other contacts in the Republican Party that gave us all a clearer
picture. Even Kaites stated that Dean was very pleasant and calm he was
just intimidated by the fact that he always carried a sidearm..... well
isn't that the whole point?
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